Flying taxis that can do a 22-mile journey in 10 minutes to take off this year

The EH216 zipping from China’s Haikou, Hainan to Zhanjiang, Guangdong, last year (Picture: ehang)

You might soon be able to call a flying taxi to get home from a night out.

China and the United Arab Emirates (UAE) will reportedly roll out ‘electric vertical takeoff and landing (eVTOL) aircraft’ this year.

These vehicles tend to look like futuristic helicopters and the technology very much exists already but regulations have made rolling them out tricky.

An eVTOL could carry out a 22-mile trip in only 10 minutes...